SPORTS NEWS
SPORT REPORT TERM 2 - Week 4 UPDATE
Our Wollongong Diocese Sport remains quite clear for this term and is outlined below:
- NO inter - school sport in term 2 (No MISA)
- NO re-scheduling of events cancelled in terms 1 & 2 to be placed on calendars in terms 3 & 4 this year.
School Sport Australia (SSA) advises that due to the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent restriction on school sport programs, SSA has cancelled all Championships for 2020. See link for the full list of events cancelled:
CSNSW are still undecided as to what events in term 3 will run which then impacts locally on our Diocesan events and school based team competitions. The ever changing nature of government restrictions and guidelines is a barrier to making decisions and hence a reluctance to do so. Any decisions for Diocesan sport will be made in consultation with CEO leadership (team leader Paul McCann) and prevailing government guidelines. See link for the full list of events cancelled:
https://csnsw.sport/news/events-suspended
So what about our Diocesan Events coming up in early term 3?
At this time no firm decision has been made on the two events listed below. There is a major doubt about our secondary athletics carnival going ahead, as like most other Dioceses, schools will just not have the chance to run their carnivals. There is no certainty that NSWCCC athletics will go ahead in term 3. If NSWCCC athletics does go ahead it may be invitational rather than Diocesan based teams. Potentially if Wollongong requires an athletics team we may run a selection trial event only. Again all pending higher level decisions and advice from our CEO leadership.
Early term three events in question:
- Monday July 27 (week 2, term 3) - Athletics
- Wednesday July 29 (week 2, term 3) - Secondary Netball Championships
Sport @ John Therry
At the start of Term 2, the Sport and PDHPE faculty launched the 1000 Point Challenge to encourage physical activity in isolation. The Challenge is run virtually, through the website link below.
https://jtccpdhpesport.wixsite.com/jtccpdhpechallenge
There is a range of challenges worth 50, 100 or 150 points. The challenge is to hit 1000 points by the end of week. Each week, enter your activities in the score sheet which will give you the chance to be on the leaderboard, score house points and win prizes. Points are tallied each Sunday and the leaderboard updated on the Monday. Each week we also see a staff member offer up a Teacher Challenge, with students able to earn 300 bonus points for a submission of their attempt. We have had max push ups, skipping, ping pong skills and this week is a Wall Sit Challenge. Every Tuesday afternoon there has been a Zoom Fitness Session, run by Mr. Tannous.
From Week 5 and for the remainder of the term we will see a modified schedule for Sport. Year 7-10 will rotate through different activities each week, following guidelines from the Department of Education and NSW Health. Further information will be posted on Compass on Monday 25th May. The Sport and PDHPE faculty will be following hygiene and distancing guidelines for all practical activities.
Conolly House taking on the Wk 4 Wall Sit Challenge
